Reported gas station fuel theft cases from named news outlets and law enforcement, plus practical guides for retail fuel operators.https://fueltheftprevention.com/en-ushttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/first-24-hours-after-suspected-tampering/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/first-24-hours-after-suspected-tampering/What to do — and specifically what not to touch — when you think a dispenser at your site has been tampered with. Preserving the scene changes what investigators and your insurer can do.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidehttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/how-to-prevent-fuel-theft-at-a-gas-station/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/how-to-prevent-fuel-theft-at-a-gas-station/A practical hardening checklist for retail fuel sites, organized by the three surfaces thieves actually attack: underground tanks, dispenser internals, and card readers.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidehttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/fuel-shrinkage-red-flags/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/fuel-shrinkage-red-flags/Every site runs some inventory variance. Here is how to tell ordinary shrinkage from a loss pattern that means someone is taking fuel — before it becomes a six-figure number.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidehttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/skimming-vs-pulser-tampering/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/skimming-vs-pulser-tampering/Both start with someone opening your dispenser. One steals your customers' card data, the other steals your fuel. They have different victims, different warning signs, and different fixes.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidehttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/bay-area-pump-override-15-stations/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/bay-area-pump-override-15-stations/A single crew working from Napa to Monterey used an electronic device to override software at gas pumps, taking more than 10,000 gallons of diesel from at least 15 stations.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentCAhttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/parker-county-tx-pump-device-2250-gallons/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/parker-county-tx-pump-device-2250-gallons/An attendant in Parker County, Texas watched several men working on two fuel pumps. The station lost 2,250 gallons of diesel and more than $6,000 — and no customer card data was touched.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentTXhttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/palm-beach-county-pump-alarm-tampering/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/palm-beach-county-pump-alarm-tampering/A manager's in-store pump alarm sounded for pump 21, then pump 22. Two men were arrested. The detection worked — and it had nothing to do with the fuel numbers.Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTincidentFLhttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/fuel-theft-watch-september-2025/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/fuel-theft-watch-september-2025/Two major Florida fuel theft cases were announced within three weeks of each other — 185,000 gallons from in-ground tanks, and a pulser tampering ring caught on stakeout.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTrounduphttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/punta-gorda-pulser-tampering-arrests/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/punta-gorda-pulser-tampering-arrests/Three men were arrested in September 2025 after Florida deputies recorded semi drivers manipulating pumps at a Punta Gorda station. The dispensers had been rigged so the meter under-counted.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTincidentFLhttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/operation-van-diesel-185000-gallons/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/operation-van-diesel-185000-gallons/Florida's largest recent fuel theft takedown used vans with hidden 500-gallon tanks to pull fuel from in-ground storage — not dispenser tampering. The distinction changes how you defend a site.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTincidentFLhttps://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/covington-tn-18000-gallons-unattended-pumps/https://fueltheftprevention.com/fuel-theft-news/covington-tn-18000-gallons-unattended-pumps/A Tennessee co-op lost 18,000 gallons of diesel worth $63,000 from its 24/7 unattended fuel pumps. Three people were eventually charged.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTincidentTN